23 November 2009

Monday art house: Joe Boruchow

Joe Boruchow is a Philadelphia artist and musician (auto music) whose show "Public Service" is on display at the Bean Café, 615 South Street:


Boruchow's work is paper cut-outs. It's like Pennsylvania Dutch "Scherenschnitte," only seriously urban, modern, and worldly, often erotic or radically political. Over the years he's gotten more skilled and the pieces have become so much more intricate and detailed that it's hard to believe they're made from a single piece of paper.

He frequently makes photocopies of his work and posts it on poles and walls around town, especially around South Street, Old City, and Northern Liberties, carrying the copies in a R.E.Load bag embroidered with one of his own images. Maybe you've seen him.

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